Thursday, January 21, 2016

The April A to Z Blogging Challenge
will be here before you know it. You can sign up for it at the April A
to Z site. What's the challenge? To blog every day of April (except
Sundays), beginning with a post inspired by the letter A and continuing
through the month and the alphabet.

5 Reasons To Do It
1. It's fun. 2. It's challenging. 3. You meet lots of nice people. 4. You discover lots of new-to-you blogs 5. You learn a lot, especially if you visit blogs outside your area of expertise.

I've done the challenge for five years, and it's always been great.

So why am I not doing it this year?
1. I already blog every day (including Sundays).
2. There are over a thousand participants already signed up. I know in
my head that I'm not expected to visit them all every day, but the guilt
I feel anyway is unpleasant. 3. One can access the list of
participants on the sign-up page, so I can still visit any blogs that
intrigue me without feeling obligated. 4. I have my own blogging schedule, and, as much fun as the challenge is, I don't want to sideline what I want to do in order to accommodate a month-long challenge. 5. Which I'll do in May, if I do the Story-A-Day May challenge again!

I never claimed to be consistent.

But,
if you're looking for a great bunch of fun and supportive people to
encourage you to at least try to blog daily, you can't do better than to
attempt the A to Z challenge.